The former director of the Calcasieu Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Dick Gremillion (GREM-ee-ahn) passed away over the weekend. Tom Hoefer (HAY-fur) with the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury says Gremillion will be missed.
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Calcasieu Parish officials are discussing how they will honor Gremillion.
A former state trooper reaches a plea deal in connection with the death of Ronald Greene. Kory York’s attorney Mike Small says York pled to 8 counts of simple battery and was handed his sentence following his no contest plea.
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Small says while he was confident that he could have gotten an acquittal on all charges, but his client did not want to take any chances.
A special session on tax reform is set for November 6th but there is more on the agenda than just tax reform. Sean Richardson has more.
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Leah Long, the state director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, says
The state needs to lower income tax rates to remain competitive with neighboring states.